Category Archives: Event Calendar

This page looks at real-life events happening around the Irish games industry. You can submit information on your own events for this section by clicking here.

Digra 07, Tokyo, Cfp

Following successful conferences in Utrecht and Vancouver this year DIGRA goes to Japan. Full details of call for papers below.

Sense Of Play Symposium London 06

The London games festival fringe is proud to announce Sense of Play 06, a one-day symposium that takes a long hard look at game design, and the role of the game designer.

Flight Simulation And Aviation Show 2006

PC Pilots Ireland – Flight Simulator Show Sunday 1st October 2006 Red Cow Hotel, Naas Road, Dublin. 10am – 5pm Entrance fee: €5.00 per person. Family €10.00 Full details are available on www.pcpilotsireland.com Contact: Terry McGee (PC Pilots Ireland) Email: tmcg@iol.ie. Ph: (H) 01 8405 105 (M) 087 257 0020[...]

PC Pilots Ireland Flight Simulator Show

Interesting press release this one - the combined computer flight simulator and aviation show at the Red Cow Inn. For hobbyists, pilots and anyone with an interest in planes I presume.

Games Production Masterclass, Belfast.

Top games developers, publishers and producers will be in Belfast on Monday 9th October as part of a week-long series of IDEASFACTORY masterclasses in association with Belfast City Council. They'll be discussing the latest developments in the world of consoles, mobiles and PCs.

Computer Science And Illusion Talk

“Computer Science and Illusion: A Computational View of the Interpretation and Manipulation of Images” A presentation by Prof. Andrew Blake, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge. 7:30pm Wednesday 6th September Ernst Walton Theatre Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin Please visit: http://isg.cs.tcd.ie/ for more details. Presentation Abstract The Interaction, Simulation and Graphics (ISG) Lab[...]

Computer Games For Disabled Or Underrepresented People

Games development is perhaps one of the least explored areas of accessible design. A new aesthetics theme at the upcoming 9th International Computer Games Conference to take place in Dublin from 22nd to 24th November 2006, will provide an opportunity for contributors to address a broad range of questions in[...]

IT&T Conference

The 6th annual IT&T Conference is being held in the Institute of Technology, Carlow on October 25-26. A new addition to this year’s conference are technology workshops. One of the workshops is entitled “The Future of Games Development in Ireland” and will feature a moderated panel discussion on the topic,[...]

Cgames 06 Cfp

CGames 2006 which will be held in DIT, Dublin this coming Nov. has just issued a call for papers.

Darklight Animation Masterclass

Darklight is collaborating with Screen Training Ireland this year to present a Masterclass with animation wizards Smith and Foulkes.

Develop Conf & Expo 2006

The Develop Conference & Expo is taking place at the Hilton Brighton Metropole which is centrally located on the seafront just a few minutes from the train station. Brighton Metropole Kings Road, Brighton, BN1 2FU The Brighton Metropole offers a discounted rate for Develop Conference attendees and exhibitors. To take[...]

Darklight Festival 2006

Darklight this year is focussing on animation but will involve the usual mix of films, workshops and works from local and international artists.

Ludo Is Ten Years Old

Hard to believe but the LUDO course in Ballyfermot College of Further Education is ten years old and this year students on the course will showcase their final work experience project as part of the wider Ballyfermot Senior College open day which will take place on the 1st of June between 2 and 8 pm in the Irish Film Institute (IFI).

Ghostly Crime Thriller Game Wins

Well it is hard to keep up with rumours on the forums but here are more details on the Dare to be Digital Ireland winners this year. Doesn't gd.ie pick its newbies well! Well done to all!!

Games & Learning Workshop

This call for participants has just come through and may be of interest to some in the gd.ie community. It is only across the pond in June.

Leipzig In August?

The forthcoming GC Developer Conference (GCDC) which will take place from August 21-23 in Leipzig have announced a call for speakers and topic proposals for the event, seeking industry experts to share their experience and further game development.

Games:Edu 06

GAMES:EDU 06, an International conference for games education. The conference, which takes place as part of the Games Develop Conference week in Brighton, UK on Friday 14th July, will feature representatives from Microsoft, EA, Codemasters, Activision, SCI/Eidios, Blitz Games and Climax [Ian Livingstone, Mark Johnstone, Fred Gill, Orla Byrne, Jolyon[...]

Gd.Ie Birthday Update

We are pleased to announce that the Digital Hub, GameStop, Upstart Games and Multiplay will be sponsoring the gd.ie third birthday event this coming Friday in the Digital Exchange, Crane Street, Dublin from 6.45pm.